>>people are not as much concerned with assam's image
as with the >>deteriorating inter-ethnic situation.
OK so it's not that people are outraged because
Media Insulted the woman as being claimed by some ?
Anyway, two quotes from Assamnet ---
"The report is well photographed and planned to edit
uncensored to created Anti Assam feelings and movement
worldwide."
"Women have been routinely abused in other parts of
mainland India(
including gang rape, public stripping and parading )
.. Does any
newspaper publish the pictures of the crime?"
>>the sensational picture of the woman without clothes
reached the national media rather >>late, when it was
no longer news.
The culprits were arrested after the picture was
published/aired. That precisely says that the picture
DID serve the purpose.
>>but the picture, >>instead of saying a thousand
words, did just the opposite by pushing back these
issues.
The picture foiled the attempt of GOA (and some
others) to shove the whole incident under the carpet
as a "minor issue"
>>assam has a sensitive ethnic equation. the locals
>>understand this, and generally don't instigate each
>>other needlessly.
1) As I understand from this forum (refer posting by
Mr Hazarika), the picture was FIRST published by a
local vernacular news paper
2) Both the Adviasis who started the vandalism as
well as the people who stripped the woman are LOCALS.
The Tea Laborers have been in Assam for more then
century
3) Every riot/ethinic killing (the nightmares of
Nellie, Gohpur included) was started by LOCALS (both
side) and NOT by some outsiders. Not saying this is
true only for Assam ..... this happens all over the
world ..... outsider instigation, if any, comes at a
later stage once the LOCALs start their in-fighting.
>>journalists, especially from outside the state. the
resulting ethnic strife will touch not just the
city-based assamese and >>the chaotals, but would
involve everyone else. the bengalis, the bodos, the
rajbanshis. i have been told that the rangapara
>>clashes, that occurred after the pictures were
published, involved bengalis.
And what GOA is doing ? Sleeping .... till media
again publish some such picture.
Why do you think that newspapers caused this violence
? Do you think ASA would have been silent had this
picture not been published ?
I am as concerned as you .... my parents are in
Guwahati and all my close relatives are in Guwahati
and upper assam. But I WOULD NOT agree that such a
inhuman incident should have been shoved under the
carpet or passed as a minor incident as was being
attempted.
>>so, use your outrage judiciously lest it leads to
further trouble.
Hmmm.... this advice should be for the Beltola
residents who caused it.
What people are not understanding is ... if today you
(not Xourov in particular I am talking about those are
attempting such) dilute the situation saying that it
was Adivasis who started it OR they displayed their
militancy OR that they were inebriated .... tomorrow
these criminals will do the same with our sisters.
The more you try to come up with vague arguments, the
more you are distancing yourself from humanity
>>you seem to be conflating a number of issues
together. people are not as much concerned with
assam's image as with the >>deteriorating inter-ethnic
situation. the sensational picture of the woman
without clothes reached the national media rather
>>late, when it was no longer news. instead of
helping people resolve the problems, the media
inflamed the situation further. >>yes, people have a
right to know. we would like to know a lot about what
went wrong that day. what is being done to
>>ameliorate the pain of the victims, compensate them
for their loss and what punitive measures are taken.
but the picture, >>instead of saying a thousand words,
did just the opposite by pushing back these issues.
>>assam has a sensitive ethnic equation. the locals
understand this, and generally don't instigate each
other needlessly. i >>have talked to people in assam
who are working to prevent further trouble, and they
are utterly frustrated with some >>journalists,
especially from outside the state. the resulting
ethnic strife will touch not just the city-based
assamese and >>the chaotals, but would involve
everyone else. the bengalis, the bodos, the
rajbanshis. i have been told that the rangapara
>>clashes, that occurred after the pictures were
published, involved bengalis.
>>so, use your outrage judiciously lest it leads to
further trouble.
>>x
____________________________________________________________________________________
Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you
with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now.
http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ
_______________________________________________
assam mailing list
[email protected]
http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
